People

Current Lab Members

Former Lab Members

Postdoctoral Researchers:
Matthew Sternfeld, Postdoctoral Researcher 2016-2017
Currently Research & Development Manager, Cellular Dynamics, Madison, WI

Hong Zhan, Postdoctoral Researcher 2014-2018
Currently Research Scientist, Ahlquist lab, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Dustin Rubinstein, Postdoctoral Researcher 2012-2015
Currently Director Translational Genomics Facility, University of Wisconsin Biotechnology Center

Fiona Ukken, Postdoctoral Researcher 2011-2016
Currently Visiting Faculty Specialist, University of Maryland, HHMI

Graduate students:
Jenn Dumouchel, PhD Oct 2025
Currently Senior Specialist, Gates Medical Research Institute

James Kentro, PhD May 2025
Co-mentored with Dr. Erica Larschan
Currently Postdoctoral Researcher, Binder lab, Max Planck, Munich, Germany

AJ Lonski, MS May 2025
Currently PhD student, University of Chicago

Audrey Medeiros, PhD May 2024
Currently Program Manager, Scientific Innovation and Strategic Investments, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center

Kim Madhwani, PhD May 2024

Caley Hogan, PhD January 2020, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Currently Research Scientist, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wassarman lab

Joseph Bruckner, PhD, December 2016, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Currently Senior Scientist, InVivo Biosystems

Xiao Rao, M.S. May 2016, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Scott Gratz, PhD November 2015, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Currently Senior Research Associate, O’Connor-Giles lab

Postbaccalaureate Researchers:
Amelia Harman, Brown PREP program, 2024-2025
Currently PhD student, NSGP, Brown University

Nicolas Arriaga, Brown PREP Program, 2023-2024
Currently M.S. student, Computational Biology, Columbia University

Sara Ríos Méndez, Brown PREP Program, 2021-2022
Currently PhD candidate, Mayoral Lab, NSGP, Brown University

Kiah Price, 2014-2016

Kelsey Branchfield, 2009-10
Currently Assistant Professor, Medical Director of Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics, University of Minnesota

Undergraduate Researchers
Arya Vishwakarma

Kennedy Tyson, B.S. 2026

Victoria El-Khoury, B.S. 2025
Clinical Research Coordinator, Massachusetts General Hospital

Karen Hernandez, B.S. 2025
STEAM Tutor

Will Kemball-Cook, B.S. 2025
Medical student, Albert Einstein College of Medicine 

Joanne Lee, B.S. 2025
MD-PhD student, Brown University

Liana Lewis, B.S. 2025
Assistant Research Scientist, Fenton Lab, NYU

Carlson Ogata , B.S. 2025
Medical student, Brown University

Sophie Phipps, B.S. 2025
Junior Research Specialist, Tien Peng lab, UCSF

Nhu Tran, B.S. 2025
Fulbright Scholar

Michael Jia, B.S. 2024
Dental student, Columbia College of Dental Medicine

Leona Hariharan, B.S. 2023
Medical Student, UCSF

Anna-Marie Nolte, B.S. 2022
Iditarod dog sled trainer

Shanzeh Sayied, B.S. 2022
Medical Student, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Lang Liang, B.S. 2022
Dental Student, Harvard School of Dental Medicine

Kush Patel, B.S. 2022
Associate in Life Science Partnerships, Flatiron Health

Olivia Kuk, B.S. 2021
Medical student, Boston University

Brian McCrae, B.S. 2020
MD, Brown University 2025
Resident Physician at Brown University Health

Xueyang He, B.S. 2019
PhD candidate, Boutz Lab, University of Rochester

Yihong Li, B.S. 2019

Ziheng Zhang, B.S 2019
PhD candidate, Ayudha Lab, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Sarah Guagliardo, B.S. 2018
PhD candidate, NIDDK, NIH

Karam Khateeb, B.S. 2018
PhD 2025, Yazdan Lab, University of Washington, Seattle
Postdoctoral Fellow, Feldman Lab, UC-Berkeley

Greg Zilberg, B.S. 2017
PhD 2024, Wacker Lab, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Postdoctoral Associate, Butterwick Lab, Yale

Kurt Weir, B.S. 2016
PhD student, Blackshaw Lab, Johns Hopkins
Research Assistant Professor, University of Houston          

Emily Fong, B.S. 2015
Disease Management Pharmacist

Nate Carpenter, B.S. 2015
MD student, Medical College of Wisconsin

Grace Heglund-Lohman, B.S. 2015
MPH 2020, University of Minnesota
JD 2023, Lewis & Clark
Advocacy Manager, Food Bank of Alaska

Sammi Sison, B.S. 2015
PhD 2024, Yeo lab, UCSD
Associate Director – External Innovation S&E Diabetes & Obesity, Eli Lilly

Ryan Birschbach, B.S. 2014
JD 2023, Duke University

Law Clerk with Justice Janet Protasiewicz, Wisconsin Supreme Court

Sarah Hope, B.S. 2014
Occupational Therapist

Gene Thiede, B.S. 2014
Research Technician, USDA

Elizabeth Roeske, B.S. 2014
MD 2020, University of Minnesota Medical School

Raymond Chou, B.S. 2013
MD 2017, Medical College of Wisconsin

Laura Donohue, B.S. 2013
PhD 2021, Genetics Graduate Program, Stanford University
Computational Biologist, EditCo

Alex Cummings, B.S. 2012
MS Genetics Counseling 2016, University of Minnesota
Program Manager – Genomic Navigation at UW Health

Samantha Galindo, B.S. 2012
PhD 2019, Grueber Lab, Columbia University
Director of Innovation Alliances at Deerfield Management

Sierra Jin, B.S. 2012
MD 2017, Medical College of Wisconsin

Summer Research Students
Alice Yacubovich, 2026
University of Maryland-Baltimore
Computational Neuroscience cohort of the Leadership Alliance at Brown

Tatiana Francios, 2022
Community College of Rhode Island
Rhode Island IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program

Marimar Benitez, 2014
University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
UW-Madison Summer Research Opportunities Program
Currently PhD student, Sloan Kettering

Anna Zeidman, 2013
Brown University
UW-Madison Summer Research Opportunities Program
M.D. 2023, Stanford

Nicsa Tanco Valcarcel, 2010
Universidad del Este, Carolina, Puerto Rico
UW-Madison Summer Research Opportunities Program